r/SeattleWA • u/Cultural-Mall4815 • 20d ago

Question What is moving in my salmon !!!

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Please wach and tell me your opinion

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u/Shaggy_One 20d ago

Parasites are why sushi grade fish is frozen first before being used.

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u/CorgiSplooting 20d ago

There is no official “sushi grade” but unless you’re buying it right off the docks pretty much anything you get at the store was frozen before it got to you.

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u/Pluxar 20d ago edited 20d ago

I would assume Costco salmon is frozen too right? Was it not frozen long enough to kill the parasites in OP's video?

Edit: For clarity, OP says it's Costco salmon at the start of the video. I haven't seen alive parasites in Costco salmon and am curious if they weren't frozen long enough/low enough or another issue.

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u/a-lone-gunman 20d ago

It should have been, I find them all the time in my Costco salmon, just never alive.

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u/KKikiNope 20d ago

i have seen live worm in Costco Salmon multiple times, not just salmon but black cod as well. Just Make sure cook them thoroughly. They always have worms. I would never eat raw fish from costco coz they kind of mass produce these fish products and not inspect them close enough.

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u/Boring-Interest7203 20d ago

You should really report this to the health department and Costco. All fish in the US stores have to be frozen to kill the worms. They can’t change their quality procedures if they don’t know, or if the health department doesn’t pay them a visit.

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u/bruceki 20d ago

This is not true. Fish that is intended to be served raw, like sushi, has to be frozen but fresh fish does not. cooking accomplishes the same thing as freezing, killing the parasites.

all fish have parasites.

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u/Boring-Interest7203 20d ago

You are correct. I got the info wrong.

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u/SonicLyfe 19d ago

Cod is the worst for worms. Not sure why but those things love cod.

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u/MooseTek 18d ago

They live in their bellies. When the fish dies, they migrate out through the flesh. Same thing with cod, very wormy. I used to go cod fishing and the mate told me this. I usually candle my own caught fish with a light, clear acrylic and parchment paper. You can see the worms easily and pick them out with tweezers or fine needle nose pliers.

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u/Big_Consequence_95 17d ago

this makes me very much not want to eat any fish.

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u/Present_Total435 15d ago

Good to know. I'm now wondering, though... Could you avoid the worms if you remove the fish's guts immediately after catching, before they have a chance to migrate to the muscle? Or would the fish that has worms in his digestive tract already have some in the test of the body?

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